And the numbers lie. When Trumo came and we "only had 16 dead" it was known there are more, but because of the lack of communication they were not accounted for. People have burried their family in their back yard, there are hospitals that had to make areas off limits because they smelled like morgues...

It was super divided almost 50/50. With a tiny minority wanting to go back to Spain. I can imagine that the shift in opinion might change soon.
edit: I'm sorry, it should really be sort of like 33/33/33 There are some Puerto Ricans that want it to remain the way it is. I forgot about them. There's just none in my wife's family, nor any from the friends I have.

No one wants to go to Spain...
It is divided to the point in wich you can't really tell the numbers. The middle ground, the "staying as we are with the USA" was the strongest until the resent fee years where it has gone down, mostly to pro statehood.

It bothered me how the PR Governor continued pushing the false statement that there are only 16 dead. We all know there are more, there is a hospitak whi had to close partially because it smelled like a morgue

For like a while, it wasn't like this was a one off shot. Watch the video, it is surreal. He is tossing these into the crowd. For the first one, a few people reach for it and someone catches it. After the second or third, everyone is just kind of standing there like, "what is he doing?" Then he throws another half-dozen paper tower rolls at stone-face and confused Puerto Ricans.

Edit - I get it guys, lots of you think they are laughing and smiling. I am sure there are some Trump supporters in that room and yeah, I see the guy in the glasses in the center thinks its a riot and so does that woman on the left. But on balance, I stand by my claim that the room was not feeling it. Also, it sure as hell seems like the "woos" when he tosses it are coming from behind him, i.e., his staff cheering for him. Because, you know, he has to bring a cheering section to all of his appearances so he feels like he is doing well, e.g., the speech to the CIA.

I saw them as being in one of those situations where it is so absurd you can't help but laugh because if you don't you will either get really mad, or break down crying, so you laugh because that is how you cope. Sort of like, "haha, are you fucking kidding me? seriously?" sort of reaction.

At least that was my reaction when watching it. Just when you think shit can get more bizarre and terrible for a president to act, he tops himself.

It is like that saying, Just when you think you have made something idiot-proof, the world makes a better idiot.

One or two, maybe , but not all. They did that because they probably think to get things with Trumo you have to feed his ego and ignore yours, but the pro-statehood party is known to do those things just to undermine us in front of the USA

We are a small island. We can't go punching around. This is Trump even with her saying "Greates Country in the world" (and she is pro PR independence), imagine if she would have said "this nation sucks". We'd never see the help from Trump.

Yea, I can forgive her and Puerto Rico, but this phrase keeps cropping up all over the place in politics, especially during elections. I meant it in a broader sense.

As for your San Juan mayor specifically, it would not be considered "punching" if she just omitted the phrase. Trump is going to hate you no matter what you say, so you might as well not try to lie or butter him up (with lies). You don't have to be mean or "punch," just offer a neutral statement that focuses on need.

I'm pissed at the entire thing today. Who tf thinks it is a good or ethical idea to take shots at a mayor in the middle of a crisis while sitting at your golf course. But from everything I've found, government workers from PR aren't just sitting on their butts.

Honestly, I've barely seen them. When George came you saw them fast and everywhere. Now, for Maria they started well and then kinda fell off. They might be working but not well. There are around 3,000 shipment containers just waiting on the port and they say "we don't have enough truck drivers" whike truck drivers go every day and are told "we'll make a list and post it online for you to see".
Yes. The municipal government is working their ass off in the mud and streets. The central government is just making press conferences and warming seats. Or at least that's what it feels like.

The story behind this is the guy riding the zebra works at the mall and he rents them out. The security guard stopped him and told him he got an email this morning saying he can't ride that around anymore. He ended up saying he didn't hear anything about that and he kept riding around zebra.

So there is apparently fuel reserves in the island, but there might not be enough gas stations operating to supply or even work, which causes the few ones that work to have excessively long lines (I've heard 6 hours, but I am not sure)

Wait a minute. That's how much they are spending total on gas, right? At first I thought you meant $15-$20 per gallon, But you didn't mean per gallon, right?
(Shows where my priorities are, I can amuse myself for 10 hours anywhere, anytime, no problem.)